A question of accountability

Two recent events have focussed attention on the relationship between the political executive and public servants. At the international conference on corruption organised by the Central Bureau of Investigation on November 11, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged that if there was no evidence of wrong-doing, there should not be any presumption of criminality. He also said that Section 13 d (3) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, introduced when P. Chidambaram was the Minister for Personnel two decades ago, would be removed.

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